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"Having a gun is a serious problem in New York City. Maybe in the 8th Circuit they worry about cow-tipping or something."

"Having a gun is a serious problem in New York City. Maybe in the 8th Circuit they worry about cow-tipping or something." So said the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently at an en banc oral argument, according to a law.com article headlined "2nd Circuit Approves Sentencing Bump for Urban Weapons Trafficking."

It's good to see that Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs's provocative comments aren't limited merely to the topic of lawyers' pro bono work. Some might say that he needs to spend a little bit more time in St. Louis to see first hand whether the Eighth Circuit should be more concerned about cow tipping than gun crimes, while others might say that he needs to visit those parts of Connecticut, New York State, and Vermont where cow tipping is a much greater concern than gun violence.

In any event, should the Eighth Circuit approve a "sentencing bump" for cow tipping (assuming somehow it could be turned into a federal offense), Chief Judge Jacobs will seem even more prescient than usual.

My earlier coverage of yesterday's en banc Second Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on December 05, 2008 (boomark / email).